Beyond akara: Nigeria needs a bigger conversation around enterprise, By 'Lande Atere
Premium Timesby Premium Times·31 Aug 2026
…government must build the environment in which…businesses have a fighting chance. This is why those words — “we’ve encouraged Nigerians as best as we could” — stayed with me.
Kerala ministers slam Muslim cleric’s ‘confine women to homes’ remark
Hindustan Timesby Vishnu Varma·31 Aug 2026
Kerala ministers slam Muslim cleric’s ‘confine women to homes’ remark The remark came days after a circular issued by the AP faction of Samastha that sought to restrict the participation of Muslim...
The Grand Mufti says Muslim women should remain confined to homes: Will Rahul Gandhi ‘smash patriarchy’ in the Quran too?
OpIndiaby Jinit Jain·31 Aug 2026
Rahul Gandhi has discovered a new political vocabulary: “Break the cage” and “smash the patriarchy.” The Congress leader recently told a gathering of young women in Pune that women do not belong to...
Sonia Gandhi's memoir: When publishers start censoring ideas
The South Firstby PV Kondal Rao·31 Aug 2026
Synopsis:A government ban on a book is an assault on intellectual freedom. But what happens when the censor moves inside the publishing house?
From classrooms to communities: Young Singaporeans build ties in Uzbekistan
Channel News Asiaby Aslam Shah·31 Aug 2026
From classrooms to communities: Young Singaporeans build ties in Uzbekistan Singaporeans working in education in Uzbekistan are sharing their expertise – and learning from their hosts – as ties...
Top ten Irish mob movies that lit up the screen
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·31 Aug 2026
Long before Tony Soprano or the Corleones, it was Irish gangsters running the rackets on screen, and directors have never stopped returning to that well.
The Economics of Public Grocery Stores
Timeby Joseph E. Stiglitz·31 Aug 2026
As New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani works to implement his campaign promise to create public grocery stores, the initiative has been met with significant criticism, especially from economists.
Did Singapore go wrong in its quest for food security? | Aeon Essays
Aeonby Peter A Coclanis·31 Aug 2026
Listen to this essay 28 minute listen In May 2010, I was invited to Brunei to give two lectures on agriculture.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorkerby The New Yorker·31 Aug 2026
The Black Shield, by Wilbert L. Cooper (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). In this multilayered work, a journalist examines a Black police organization, known as the Black Shield, that emerged in Cleveland...
What to make of the new OMO market, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Premium Timesby Ifeanyi Uddin·31 Aug 2026
Far more consequential would be that on the back of its ability to raise funds relatively cheaply through security market issuances, government may by means of these windows absorb savings that...
This time, let’s vote for football, By Hervé Verhoosel
Premium Timesby Premium Times·31 Aug 2026
The ballot will carry the name of one person. The choice, though, can carry much more: what football do we want in ten or twenty years?
3D scans of Tasmanian tiger’s skull reveal it had crocodile-style snapping jaws
The Conversation Australiaby Douglass S Rovinsky, Associate Research Scientist, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University·31 Aug 2026
Some 90 years after the death of the last documented thylacine – better known as the Tasmanian tiger – the species remains a global symbol of human-made extinction.
Keralam Minister Bindu Krishna slams Kanthapuram’s directive on ‘restricting’ women at public events
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·31 Aug 2026
Keralam’s Women and Child Development Minister Bindu Krishna has criticised All India Jamiyyathul Ulama general secretary Kanthapuram A.P.
Securing Nigeria's economic re-birth: The Imperative of Bola Tinubu's re-election, By Dan Aibangbe
Premium Timesby Premium Times·31 Aug 2026
President Bola Tinubu has always been driven by a single-minded vision: a Nigeria where every citizen enjoys equal opportunity, economic security, and a high quality of life.
Hawker eviction rekindles livelihood versus free movement debate, Left seeks 'humane approach'
ThePrintby PTI·31 Aug 2026
Kolkata, Aug 31 (PTI) The eviction of hawkers from various places in Kolkata and other cities of West Bengal has rekindled the question of livelihood for people who have no other source of income...
Left students repaint graffiti on Jadavpur University walls hours after it was erased by authorities
New Indian Expressby subhendu.maiti·31 Aug 2026
KOLKATA: Left-leaning students at the Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata ‘reclaimed’ the walls and repainted graffiti hours after that were erased by the university authorities on Saturday when...
Nepal flash floods: Where Switzerland had weeks, the Himalaya had almost no warning
The South Firstby Biksham Gujja·31 Aug 2026
Synopsis: What made the Bhote Koshi tragedy so devastating was its scale and speed. The flash floods hit with almost no warning.
Andy Burnham should not target the old for tax, says RUTH SUNDERLAND
Mail Onlineby Ruth Sunderland·31 Aug 2026
- See more This is Money on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The idea that young workers are taxed far too much while rich pensioners sit back and gloat is an entrenched grievance for a...
Mum Club is a necessarily confronting play and a tribute to Blak motherhood
The Conversation Australiaby Charlotte Farrell, Lecturer, Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW·31 Aug 2026
Mum Club is a much-needed narrative for our stages. Contemporary motherhood is at once hyperconnected (so many WhatsApp groups!) and isolating.
What is ‘One Nation, One Time’? How it works?
The Hinduby Debayan Tewari·31 Aug 2026
The story so far: The Centre notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, on August 27, 2026, making it compulsory that Indian Standard Time (IST) be made the single reference...
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